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Originally Posted by dino7c
Its not a narrative its reality...like what are you even talking about they have 30th ranked goaltending FFS it obviously cost them the season do you even watch games?
They scored 3 goals that day and allowed 4 on an expected .75
The whole point was the Wild score less than the Flames and their average goaltending has them in a divisional spot
Anyway no point in arguing with you, you aren't even listening you are just looking for a fight...nobody is blaming goaltending tonight but the near hopeless situation they are in tonight is mainly due to .890 goaltending.
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You are funny. Just looking for a fight?
I wished you a fine evening, which is quite the opposite - it is disengaging
I will offer a couple of remarks.
Last year, Markstrom was getting great results. I thought he was a good goalie, with career average to slightly above stats, that was benefitting from a team making his life easy and playing pretty much mistake free hockey. You were trumpeting that Markstrom was elite and spewing vitriol at me for not being in love with some of his fundamentals.
This year, the script has flipped on the team. My view is that the team, despite all metrics showing they carry the play (and by extension should be out scoring the opposition), that they are on the wrong side of the stats. The team doesn’t score because they are shooting for rebounds, but not doing what it takes, winning the battle in tight that they are playing for. Meanwhile, when they have breakdowns, they are bad ones. My position is that the goalies are better than the stats suggest. Yes, they have given up some costly goals, but many are due to the team
Remember last night when Sam Steel found himself all alone out front and Marky made a dynamite save?
Greg Millen basically said ‘in defense of the goaltenders, it’s been the same story all year.’ He also has noticed and mentioned the high number of very bad breakdowns.
Meanwhile, I’m here, with a view that is in pragmatic and pretty consistent, saying that people place too much emphasis on what the goalies do, that it’s the team in front of them, and the position they put them in for success
Meanwhile, you have swung from euphoria to despair. Last year it was ‘how dare you not love this elite goalie’ and this year it’s ‘everything is the goalies’ fault’
I wasn’t looking for a fight. I really didn’t want to discuss with you.
Last night, goaltending wasn’t an issue. You brought it up. I wished you a good evening, looking to disengage.
A fine day to you